The Wake for Jason will be held at the Fort Totten Recreation Center on Thursday, October 31 beginning at 4 p.m. with a Rosary, prayer service and time of remembrance at 8 p.m. The procession to Fort Totten will leave at 3 p.m. on Thursday from Wal-Mart.

Mass of the Resurrection for Jason will be held on Friday, November 1 at 10 a.m. at Seven Dolors Catholic Church, Fort Totten with Fr. Charles Leute OP celebrating the Mass. Jason will be laid to rest in St. Jerome?s Catholic Cemetery, rural Fort Totten.

Jason Benedict, son of Stacy J. Feather Sr. and Marcella Littlewind was born on December 29, 1975 at Devils Lake, N.D. Jason lived in Devils Lake with his family and attended Sweetwater School then the family moved to the Spirit Lake Nation in the Fort Totten area and attended Four Winds, graduating with the class of 1994 from Four Winds High School. While at Four Winds, Jason played on a winning basketball team and Jason also won many individual awards as a member of the Amateur Basketball League.

Jason attended the Candeska Cikana Community College at Fort Totten. He later worked for Precision Roadways and Close Construction. Jason worked at Sioux Manufacturing as a Safety Officer and Supervisor. He also was a dealer at the Spirit Lake Casino.

Jason had a very special talent as a basketball player and also at pool. He was on the first all Indian team to win the Devils Lake Pool League. Jason loved the outdoors, fishing, hunting and playing horseshoes. He loved to watch all kinds of sports.

Jason was very kind and so respectful of his family and usually never called them by name. It was always by what you were to him, like bro, sis, aunt, uncle or cuz.